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Of shell scrapping.
Of new fashions in bonnet cosies.
That gas escapes the motor-spirit tax.
That the wise head goes to the X.Y.Z.
Of many big ends to the use of paraffin.
Confirmation that railway rates are to go up.
Of more wanted, and still more from everyone.
That 28 new members joined the last week.
That Edinburgh should burrow deeper for motorbus facts.
That Bosch and Peter Union were in at the death together.
Of both extraordinary traffic and extraordinary necessity.
That motorbus owners seek nothing beyond fair treatment.
That lighting has become both unbecoming and onbetokening.
Evidence of coming competition to cater for coalgas equipments.
That two half-time jobs are more strenuous than many whole ones.
That Terry's spring service is the same in all four seasons of the year.
That Mr. Gerald Bias, who has been very seedy of late, is happily well again.
That Frood's all-asbestos lining is to be called Ferobestos, not Metamorfo.
That there's a shortage of spanners, and of practically all other tool-kit contents.
That there is to be an advisory committee of the C.M.U.A. members at Birmingham.
That the price of coal has made more people unhappy than the 1917 petrol prices have.
That in war time much more motor-chassis aluminium might be dispensed with than is.
That both regular and speCial police constables will be kept busy by horse-vehicles next month.
, Of new and very promising paraffin-using developments as imminent, and on sounder lines than any yet attempted.
That an American has fought for and obtained recognition of his master patent on detachable rims in the U.S.A.
Of new motorbus prices to the same general specification differing by 2200 a vehicle for after-war delivery if Edinburgh wants them.
That one of the scarves which reached the packing and despatch room of the Comforts Fund this week was partly knitted by a lady aged 101, and that at least six of the knitters are over 90 years of arcs But for a printer's error, it was meant to read "Asquith-skewering" last week in this column.
That ash is not, at present, one of the timbers of which importation is prohibited except under licence, but that it may be before long.
That the inclusion of the C.M.U.A. badge with crown on letter-paper renders the user liable to 21 Is. per annum for armorial bearings.
That a fresh appointment, to . follow Sir Albert Stanley's promotion to Cabinet rank, will be one that will give considerable satisfaction to the motor industry. •
That the procession of Ford ambulances, in eases marked "Bucharest," en route from Mounts the packers, across London to the docks, went on long after the destination had "fallen."
That some pro-tramcar men continue deliberately to shut their eyes to the fact that London's motorbuses, seating a total of 34 passengers inside and outside, are amongst the smallest in the country, and that the average of seats in many provincial singledeckers is 40.
. That in booming the coming New York and Chicago motor shows, the organizers are explaining that "European activity is no longer a factor," but that all the sa.me it is counting in a show of slightly-more importance than Chicago's just now, whatever Cousin Sam may think